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TUESBAY, FEBRUARY 28. Another suggestion Mr. Sandy had to make in n gard to Hydro was that a Ministry ot Power be established in the Province, if not immediately, in the near future, or whenever the tinys W915 ppportune. a reasonable proposition to him; the Sutherland Commission had report- ed against radials, and he could see no reason why the commissioners. should be bigoted in their judgment: and, thirdly, Ontario's improved highways would obviate a great deal of the demand for radials. Says Government Merits Support. w. A. Crockett. U.F.O.-Labor member for South \Ventworth.; directed some sarcasm at the three Labor Independents) sitting in the Opposition benches. all of whom have criticized the Drury Govern.. ment this session. From the labor.. ing man's point of View. Mr. Crock- ett declared, the Drury Govern- ment's record amply Justified the. continued support of Labor in On- tario. The member for South Wentworth went on to tell of irregularities in the ballot count in Wentworth rid.. ing in the recent Federal election which had come to his attention, While he would not care to charge the Conservatives with anything~ "criminal" in their efforts to be re- turned to'power, still. if conditions were.the same in all rulings, he wondered how so many Progressive. had been returned to Ottawa. to had 'been. The member for South Victoria, however, was not entirely in accord with the proposal to appoint a Com.. mittee of the House to go into the Chippewa. matters. He could not see that much benefit would result. "What T would say is this," he de- clared, "that, if we had engineer. who were so far out in their esti- mates as the engineers have been tn the matter of the Chippewa, I think they should be replaced." aorsed the policy of the Govern-mom. declaring that the Bowmanvllle line, the only one with which he was closely acquainted, did not look like Dr. Forbes Godtrev---1 think I am entitled to some credit, too. I went over to London for four days also, had just as good a time as the Min- later. and accomplished just as much as he did. Thanks to All Who Help. Mr. Sandy replied that for any- thing the member for West York had done or sought to do in their in- terests the farmers ot the Province weft; duly grateful. 1 Mr. Sandy's most enthusiastic ap- probation was reserved for the Min- ister of Agriculture, Hon. Manning Doherty, whose legislative enact- ments along the lines of farm loans, Government assistance toward fruit packing and fruit growing. and his endeavors to have the cattle embargo removed, were particularly appreci- ated, he said, by Ontario farmers. The Minister had labored hard over the cattle embargo question, and, Mr. Sandy believed, those efforts would meet with success. Two Government supporters, F. G. Sandy, member for South Victoria, and w. A. Crockett. member for South Wentworth, held forth in the debate on the Address on the floor of the Legislature yesterday, and both vigorously endorsed the policy and eulogized the record. of the Drury Government with regard. to all questions. Including Hydro. DRURY'S POLICIES ARE ALL DEF ENDED South Victoria 'Member' Suggest: Hydro ii? gineers Might Be Re-l placed - Mr. Crocketti Tells of Alleged Irregu-' larities in Wentworth; During the Dominion 1 Elections 3 9n "rtt.rii.i1i.idiiiiis" Mr. Sandy m. From the labor.. of view, Mr. Crock- te Drury Govern- amply Justified the, ort of Labor in On/ ' South Wentworth tf irregularities in Ln Wentworth rid.. L Federal election to his .attention." tot care to charge B with anything r efforts to be re- still, if conditions Ln all ridinga, he many Progressive- ad to Ottawa. u _7___-..'. a... uwuuuuuuuuy as they should." Mr. Crockett declared he had been informed that material had been; purchased by the Hydro authornles} at twice its proper value. He had; been given to understand, also. that bridges built by the Hydro could have been built by the Department tof Highways today for about one-; {half the cost. I , Hon. G. s. Henry moved the ad- lhournment of the debate. The debate was notable in that the firstnepeech since he was elected was made by w. F. Nickle, K.C., of Kingston. Mr. Nickle spoke for about ten minutes, and argued that the matter should be approached as a question of economics and not in a partisan spirit. DEF ICITS BETTER THAN STAGNATION The Ontario Letri's1ature yesterc day passed unanimously the reso- lution of Hon. Manning Doherty. Minister of Agriculture, calling for a reduction in freight rates. Mr. Doherty, in speaking to his resolution, quoted figures to show how high freight rates were strang- ling the live stock and agricultural industry in the Province. Wel- lington Hay, Acting Liberal Leader, in supporting the measure, said that he thought the Minister should not single out any one industry, but that all industries were suffering begeusepf the high rates. Ontario Legislature Unani. mously Passes Hon. Mr. Doherty's Resolution Calling on Ottawa to Make Substantial Re- ductions at Once thhtiiiirirmrTtia- election laws. he said, ballot boxes were taken away before the time allotted for recount possibilities; ballots that were sent east in nine packages, and were not supposed to be opened, were re- turned in eight: ballots from some centres werev'tound among those parcelled to? others; there were no poll books in some booths, and in the advance polls the books were blank; and packages were found to have been broken in the mail bags, as a result of which the loose bal- lots had to be pickedout of the bottom of the bags. {Scores Hydro Engineers. , [ "It a man, or a. body of men," he said. "makes an estimate of $10,000,000, and the cost is in.. creased to $i)8,000,000, the Jump is a little too big. The result is you lose confidence in their ability to carry on the scheme. And that is the reason we think it is m-nnv He declared himself as willing to support the Premier on his Hydro policy. Without differentiating at all between the original 100,000 horse- Power Chippawa project and the present 600,000 horsepower develop- ment, Mr. Crockett assumed that any engineers whose estimates jumped from $10,000,000 to 868,- 000,000 must be incompetent, and their estimates on Hydro-radial pro- Jects totally unreliable.